It's always more comforting to know that in any given corner of any room or any location you're on, you can make a photograph that you'll appreciate.

- Herb Ritts

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

- Herb Ritts

I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.

- Herb Ritts

I like form and shape and strength in pictures.

- Herb Ritts

I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light; I'd take a picture of a friend who neede…

- Herb Ritts

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

- Herb Ritts

Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and…

- Herb Ritts

It's important to let your subjects be themselves.

- Herb Ritts

I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the specia…

- Herb Ritts